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Rate Researchers engineer bacteria to feast on sugars and produce biofuel

Original at Ecofriend external link    Thu, Jan 28

By Jolly Eco Factor: Genetically engineered bacteria produces biofuel from sugars. According to reports more than 7.6 billion liters of biofuels were consumed worldwide last year and the demand continues to soar. However, this rise in demand has caused...

Rate Novozymes partners with Fiberight to fuel cars with government waste paper

Original at Ecofriend external link    Wed, Jan 27

By Jolly The companies have partnered to produce a biofuel cocktail made using government wastepaper. In addition to wastepaper, the cars that include a Chevy HHR and a Ford F-150 can also be powered using energy crops, agricultural residue and other types of waste as well.

Rate GE and Petrobras In Biofuel-Fired Aeroderivative Generation Play

Original at RenewableEnergyAccess.com external link    Wed, Jan 27

Brazil's federal energy company Petrobras, together with GE, has developed the world's first fully-commercial bio-ethanol-fired gas turbine power station.

Past Month

 

Rate Masdar Institute To Build Bioenergy Project

Original at RenewableEnergyAccess.com external link    Tue, Jan 19

The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Boeing, Etihad Airways and Honeywell's UOP this week announced an agreement to establish a research and demonstration project called the Sustainable Bioenergy Research Project (SBRP), which will use integrated saltwater agricultu...

Rate Aviation bioenergy research programme launched

Original at Biofuel Review external link    Mon, Jan 18

An agreement to establish a major aviation bioenergy research institution and demonstration project in Abu Dhabi was unveilled today (18th January) by Boeing, the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Etihad Airways and Honeywell's UOP. The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Pr...

Rate Seeing the forest for the test-tube trees

Original at Mongabay.com external link    Thu, Jan 14

By Rhett Butler Paper manufacturers and environmentalists seem to be reliving Robert Frost's age-old dilemma caused by two roads diverging in the woods. Proponents of genetically engineered trees say the road they’ve chosen will lead to trees capable of weathering freezing temperatures and diseas...

Rate UK scientists win award for biofuel bioreactor

Original at Biofuel Review external link    Tue, Jan 12

A team of scientists has developed an air-lift loop bioreactor which, it says, will make the production of biofuels more energy efficient, has won the Moulton Medal from the Institution of Chemical Engineer. The team, from Sheffield University, has worked on developing a new more energ...

Rate Consumers should help pay the bill for 'greener' palm oil

Original at Mongabay.com external link    Tue, Jan 12

By Rhett Butler Palm oil is one of the world's most traded and versatile agricultural commodities. It can be used as edible vegetable oil, industrial lubricant, raw material in cosmetic and skincare products and feedstock for biofuel production. Growing global demand for palm oil and the ensuing cropl...

Year 2010

 

Rate Eco Tech: Researchers engineer tobacco leaves to enhance biofuel production

Original at Ecofriend external link    Sat, Jan 2

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By Jolly The researchers have identified two genes - the diacyglycerol acytransferase (DGAT) gene and the LEAFY COTYLEDON 2 gene. Plants modified to over-express these genes produce more oil. While a typical tobacco plant contains about 1.7% to 4% of oil per dry weight, engineered plants carry ab...

Rate Opinion: Biofuels: can they fuel our lifestyle without taking food from the poor? - guardian.co.uk

Original at The Observer Blog external link    Mon, Dec 21

Biofuels: can they fuel our lifestyle without taking food from the poor? Traditional biofuels could only make an fossil CO2 emissions if the entire biofuel production process was fossil fuel free - requiring, for example, ... UK ethics body asks: how green are new biofuels?Biofuel Review

Rate New EDM 523 - Biofuel from Use Cooking Oil and Renewables Obligation Scheme - DeHavilland (press release)

Original at DeHavilland external link    Thu, Dec 17

New EDM 523 - Biofuel from Use Cooking Oil and Renewables Obligation Scheme press release) (subscription) That this House recognises that biofuels produced from used cooking oil are widely recognised as one of the most sustainable biofuels available; ...

Rate New Biofuel Manufacturing Facility Opens in Ohio

Original at Industry Week external link    Tue, Dec 8

The plant has a capacity of 16500000 gallons per year. G2 Diesel is 11 Good's proprietary fuel made from up to 99% natural and renewable ingredients. ... 11 Good Energy opens biofuel facility in MagnoliaCanton Repository all 8 news articles »

Rate Trial to root out new biofuel source

Original at ABC Regional Online external link    Mon, Dec 7

Legume researcher Peter Grasshoff says each tree produces 30000 seeds capable of yielding five tonnes of biodiesel each year. He says the tree is also good ... and more »

Rate Eco Tech: Nanofarming produces biofuel from algae without killing it

Original at Ecofriend external link    Sun, Dec 6

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By Jolly Eco Factor: New approach to produce more sustainable and cost-competitive biofuel. The conventional process used to produce biofuel from algae destroys algae to extract their oil. Researchers at DOE’s Ames National Laboratory and Iowa State...

Rate Professor's research aims to expand biofuel use

Original at Eastern Echo external link    Sun, Nov 22

“The idea is to potentially make liquid fuel from plants. Right now we rely on oil and other petrochemicals for our sources of liquid fuel, such as gasoline ... and more »

Rate How To: Turning into

Original at cnn.com external link    Wed, Nov 18

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CNN's Emily Chang investigates how Chinese researchers are studying how to use algae to produce biofuel. cnn.com

Rate Eco Architecture: UPI-2M proposes biofuel generating vertical farms for the urban world

Original at Ecofriend external link    Thu, Oct 22

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By Jolly Eco Factor: Vertical farm uses algae to generate biofuel. The dependence on fossil fuels needs a break, governments are shifting their focus on better sources to generate better fuels. Bio-fuel made from algae can be the answer only if there is...

Rate New Ethanol Facility Turns Wood Chips Into Fuel

Original at Wired external link    Fri, Oct 16

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By Jason Paur The company’s says it’s secret weapon is the process it uses to create the ethanol, “at the core of Coskata technology is our proprietary micro organisms” according to Bolsen. The company takes the feedstock, wood chips in the case of the demonstration facility, and blasts it in a furnace....

Rate Podcast: Eating Cellulose and Sweating fuels: The Next Biofuel Revolution?

Original at podcastmachine.com external link    Wed, Sep 16

The race is on to develop the next generation of biofuels. Biotechnology companies of all kinds have taken up the challenge and are looking in every corner of the globe for organisms that will help us make cheap, abundant, non-food based fuels. In this podcast, we'll talk to a couple compani...

Rate Podcast: September 10, 2009 - Surviving the Downturn for Biodiesel

Original at podcastmachine.com external link    Thu, Sep 10

The biodiesel industry has been in rough shape over the last year. With oil prices down, two thirds of American refineries sitting unused and no national target for the fuel, there are many questions about where the industry will go next. In this podcast, we'll look at what companies are doi...

Rate Podcast: A Biofuel Process to Replace All Fossil Fuels

Original at MIT Technology Review external link    Sun, Jul 26

By Kevin Bullis A startup unveils a high-yield process for making fuel from carbon dioxide and sunlight.

Rate Podcast: Biofuel Plant Opens in Brazil

Original at MIT Technology Review external link    Wed, Jul 8

Amyris's large-scale demonstration plant will make diesel from sugarcane.

Rate One Billion Gallons Of Algae-Biofuel Could Flowing By 2025

Original at Wired external link    Mon, May 4

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By Dave Demerjian Sapphire isn’t shy about talking up the benefits of fuel made from algae, saying it  delivers 10 to 100 times more energy per acre than corn-based ethanol, which has gone out of fashion because it’s derived from food crops. Algae also uses less water than corn, and can be grown on non-arable...

Rate The Water Behind Ethanol

Original at Energy Outlook external link    Thu, Apr 23

By Geoffrey Styles(noreply@blogger.com) The results of Chiu, Walseth and Suh provide further support for a thorough reevaluation of US biofuel policies. Rather than trying to squeeze ever more ethanol into gasoline, with uncertain consequences for motorists, and stretching our agricultural resources by expanding unsusta...

Rate Opinion: Study finds that biofuel threatens water supplies

Original at Examiner.com external link    Fri, Apr 10

Measuring Corn Ethanol's Thirst for Water MIT Technology Review Midwestern Ethanol Industrial Processes Use Much Less Water Than ... Science Daily (press release) Daily Digest: Pirates, ethanol production and stimulus bonds Minnesota Daily

Rate How to make, store and use biodiesel for your automobile

Original at wonderhowto.com external link    Wed, Mar 25

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In this video tutorial series, biofuel expert Jason Burroughs will explain the history of biodiesel, where it comes from, how its used, how to ... www.wonderhowto.com

Rate Podcast: March 19, 2009 - Inside Renewable Energy - The Next Four Years for Renewable Energy

Original at podcastmachine.com external link    Wed, Mar 18

Leaders from the solar, wind, geothermal, biofuel, hydro, utility and financial sectors came together at last week's Renewable Energy World North America Conference and Expo to talk about financial hurdles, technological advancements and the need for cooperation among all player...

Rate When Making Fuel From Wood, Be Sure You Have Wood

Original at Wired News external link    Wed, Mar 11

By Dave Demerjian Mascoma converts plant matter into ethanol using consolidated bioprocessing. The method uses microbes to combine four biological processes -- cellulase production, cellulose hydrolysis, hexose fermentation, and pentose fermentation -- into one. The company says it is faster and c...

Rate Muslim Scholar Worries Biofuels Could Be Sinful

Original at Wired News external link    Tue, Mar 3

By Dave Demerjian Al-Najimi's comments come as a faltering economy prompts the closure of many ethanol plants and corn-based biofuels draw increasing fire in the "food for fuel" debate. There are more than 250 million "flex fuel" cars capable of running on E85, a blend containing 85 percent ethanol, in th...

Rate Opinion: Enerkem's new Quebec biofuel plant enters start-up phase

Original at Energy Business Review external link    Wed, Jan 14

The Enerkem thermo-chemical process uses one tonne of waste to produce 360 liters of ethanol, enough fuel for a car to travel 2500km. ... Enerkem 2nd gen biofuels plant enters start-up Biofuels International Enerkem syngas-to-ethanol plant begins start-up Ethanol Producer Magazine

Rate Dupont OKs rail facility for ethanol shipments

Original at Wilkes Barre Times-Leader external link    Sat, Jan 10

 PA - A form of alcohol, ethanol is a biofuel made from corn and other crops; its increasing use as an additive to gasoline is based on requirements of the Energy ...

Rate GreenShift Receives $375K State Grant for Algae Bioreactor Development

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Mon, Jan 5

By Mike Millikin GreenShift plans to co-locate bioreactors at corn ethanol production plants and other fermentation processes where concentrated supplies of carbon dioxide are naturally emitted and are relatively easy to capture and control. GreenShift plans to leverage its existing corn oil extr...

Year 2008

 

Rate Opinion: Lurgi to build biofuel plant in Germany

Original at Energy Business Review external link    Wed, Dec 24

This unit is substantially sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for Nutrition, Agriculture and Consumer Protection under the program for renewable ... Lurgi to build 2nd generation biofuel plant Your Project News (press release)

Rate A Short Essay on Biofuels and Related Matters

Original at icis.com external link    Wed, Dec 24

Biofuel As a liquid, biofuel can, and does, replace liquid fuels derived from fossil oil.  Currently ethanol is used to replace some gasoline; possibly butanol will do so in the future as it has greater energy density.  Similarly biodiesel is already replacing some diesel and pilot proje...

Rate Cover crops and composting can offset carbon loss from corn stover ethanol production

Original at Mongabay.com external link    Tue, Dec 23

By Biopact team(noreply@blogger.com) Research is ongoing at Michigan State University to evaluate the environmental, agronomic, and economic sustainability of bioenergy cropping systems. Support for this work was provided by USDA-CSREES, the CASMGS program, and the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station.

Rate New US EIA Energy Outlook Projects Flat Oil Consumption to 2030, Slower Growth in Energy Use and CO2 Emissions, and Reduced Import Dependence; 2% PHEV New Sales Share by 2030

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Wed, Dec 17

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By Mike Millikin The report sees ethanol use for gasoline blending growing to 12.2 billion gallons and E85 consumption to 17.3 billion gallons in 2030. The ethanol supply from cellulosic feedstocks reaches 12.6 billion gallons (including both domestic and imported production) in 2030. Biodiesel and biom...

Rate Cheat sheet: Jatropha Curcas

Original at VNU Business Publications LTD, London UK external link    Wed, Nov 26

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By David Neal Yup, they might not wish to invite them to any conferences, but biofuel advocates have new some new converts in the form of the Burmese government. Apparently they have instructed the population, or as they like to call them, the "peasants" to grow as many of the jatropha curcas plants as po...

Rate Beaker Hill: Oliver Morton, Fourth Conference on Clean Energy

Original at Bostonist external link    Thu, Nov 20

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By Matt Feltz Rarely stated among all of the lofty rhetoric about climate change is that most of the current policy proposals are simultaneously expensive and insufficient. It will require a leap forward in technology to completely zero out carbon emissions within 50 years, which Morton believes is...

Rate Podcast: Creative Minds Go Green (Studio 360: Friday, 14 November 2008)

Original at WNYC external link    Thu, Nov 13

Studio 360 saves the planet. Kurt Andersen asks a priest about the Vatican’s declaration that pollution is a modern sin. Then we explore design solutions for a changing environment. Kurt visits a solar-powered subway station in Coney Island and talks to an engineer making biofuel from bac...

Rate Podcast: Cheaper Butanol from Biomass

Original at MIT Technology Review external link    Sun, Oct 26

By Kevin Bullis A startup has raised $25 million for inexpensively producing biofuel.

Rate Green Energy: Cost-Efficient Process Expected To Turn Algae Into Fuel

Original at Huffington Post external link    Sun, Sep 28

By The Huffington Post News Editors Farming algae doesn't require much space or good cropland, so it avoids the fuel-for-food dilemma that has plagued first and second generation biofuels like corn, rapeseed and palm oil. Oil-content is high More on Global Warming

Rate Podcast: September 11, 2008 - Inside Renewable Energy - Energy Equity: Diversifying the Market with New Incentives

Original at podcastmachine.com external link    Thu, Sep 11

The U.S. renewable energy market is growing at an impressive rate. But as more wind, solar and biofuel facilities get developed, there are fewer people or organizations that own those facilities. That is primarily due to the exclusive nature of the federal tax credits. Because of the shrinki...

Rate Podcast: September 11, 2008 - Inside Renewable Energy - Energy Equity: Diversifying the Market with New Incentives

Original at RenewableEnergyAccess.com external link    Thu, Sep 11

The U.S. renewable energy market is growing at an impressive rate. But as more wind, solar and biofuel facilities get developed, there are fewer people or organizations that own those facilities. That is primarily due to the exclusive nature of the federal tax credits. Because of the shrinki...

Year 2007

 

Rate David Roberts: LS9 promises 'renewable petroleum'

Original at Huffington Post external link    Mon, Jul 30

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By David Roberts grist.orgPicture a liquid fuel that is derived from the same feedstocks as cellulosic ethanol (switchgrass, sugar cane, corn stover) but contains 50% more energetic content and is made via a process that uses 65% less energy. Unlike cellulosic ethanol, this...

Rate FPL plans citrus-to-ethanol plant

Original at Florida Today external link    Thu, Jul 19

ST. PETERSBURG — An FPL Group subsidiary announced plans Thursday to develop a first-of-its-kind commercial plant to convert orange and grapefruit waste into ethanol that will be sold to Florida motorists at gasoline pumps. "Currently, there is no ethanol production in Florida," said...

Rate Jane’s Warns Pursuit of Biofuels Brings New Global Security Risks

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Mon, Jul 16

By Mike Millikin While there is clearly a growing demand for the conversion to biofuel production it could also expose governments to rising social unrest, as food prices rise and poorer members of society reap few benefits from the new ‘wondercrop’.

Rate Xethanol Corp.: A winner through legislation?

Original at Blogging Stocks external link    Wed, Jun 27

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By Hilary Kramer Type of Stock: A player in the renewable energy sector, Xethanol concentrates on new ethanol technology, producing ethanol from biomass, developing new production plants, and acquiring other alternative fuel companies. It may get a real boost from energy legislation pending in the H...

Rate ABF, BP and DuPont to Build $400M Bioethanol Plant and Biobutanol Demonstration Plant

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Tue, Jun 26

By Mike Millikin Biobutanol is an advanced biofuel that performs more like unleaded gasoline than traditional biofuels. Test data presented earlier this year indicate that biobutanol fuel blends at a nominal 10 vol% level perform very similarly to unleaded gasoline fuel. Additionally, the energy den...

Rate Successful Initial Test of 30% Biofuel Blend in Commercial Jet Engine

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Mon, Jun 18

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By Mike Millikin CFM is also running engine tests to develop solutions based on mixtures of jet fuel and second-generation biofuels. It is currently focusing on the evaluation of alternative fuels made using biomass which offer properties closer to those of jet fuel than do first-generation fuels such...

Rate Podcast: Big Oil, Biofuels and UC Berkeley

Original at SF Bay Area Indymedia external link    Wed, Jun 6

By Christina Aanestad The Energy Biosciences Institute is a new partnership British Petroleum - one of the worlds largest oil and energy companies - and a public university, UC Berkeley. Opponents of the deal dispute biofuels efficiency and say big oil is using the biofuel label to continue business as usual.

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